Botanical Watercolor Illustration by Jess Park

Intermediate | 1 hour 9 min

Botanical Watercolor Illustration
Overview00:38
Materials00:49
Basic drawing techniques04:43
Plant components12:59
Complex florals19:45
Writing phrases03:59
Floral wreath and lettering13:49
Adding watercolor accents12:45

Taught by Jess Park

Feel inspired by the natural world with California-based watercolorist Jess Park of Jeshy Park. Use a simple monoline pen to build up single strokes that make up the basics of botanicals. Begin with stems, leaves and easy blossoms, then progress to more complex, layered florals. Finally, lettering takes the forefront when you write a phrase, draw a floral wreath around it, and add watercolor accents.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Sakura Pigma Micron Pens in 03 and 01
Tombow Fudenosuke Hard Tip Brush Pen
Princeton Heritage brush, round 6 or 10
Pencil
Palette
Legion Stonehenge Aqua cold press 140 lb paper
Laser level or ruler
Jar of water
Paper towel
PDF with Practice template and reference images
Watercolor paints in your desired shades. Jess’s palette includes the following: Daniel Smith watercolors in Carbazole Violet, Ultramarine Violet, Quinacridone Pink, Pyrrol Red, Quinacridone Coral, Organic Vermillion, New Gamboge, Hansa Yellow Medium, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Green, Hooker’s Green, Sap Green, Deep Sap Green, Perylene Green, Mars Yellow, Raw Umber, Payne’s Gray

Downloads:

Download Materials List Botanical_Watercolor_Illustration.pdf

Learn how to:

Illustrate with monoline pens
Add watercolor to ink drawings
Use reference photos for drawing flowers
Make basic strokes for lettering

What you'll get:

A 7-part series of easy-to-follow video lessons on how to make botanical watercolor illustrations
8 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
Detailed supply list
Downloadable PDF of reference images and practice sheets
Step-by-step instructions from artist Jess Park of Jeshy Park
The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students